colourful details

I've been enlarging a section of a colourful nomadic image and painting them in gouache to try and get some ideas going for print designs.

I find Berber rugs particularly inspiring they can be quite geometric and use intense blocks of colour.

detail: Berber Rag Rug

detail: Berber Rag Rug

I used a pencil rubber tip to try to recreate the tiny glass beads of the Maasai's jewellery

detail: Maasai Beaded Jewellery

detail: Mongolian Woman's woven apron